Mainstream class group data is shown separately from standard/year-group enrolment data. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to.
Average class size
24.11
2025/26
Mainstream classes
9
2025/26
Largest class group
30
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
1
2025/26
Class group metrics trend
Class group metrics by year
Year
Mainstream class pupils
Mainstream classes
Average class size
Largest class
Classes 30+
2006/07
295
11
26.82
33
3
2007/08
296
11
26.91
32
4
2008/09
316
11
28.73
36
6
2009/10
304
11
27.64
33
4
2010/11
329
12
27.42
33
3
2011/12
335
13
25.77
33
4
2012/13
342
12
28.50
32
5
2013/14
375
14
26.79
33
3
2014/15
368
14
26.29
32
3
2015/16
358
14
25.57
31
2
2016/17
367
13
28.23
33
6
2017/18
353
14
25.21
33
4
2019/20
325
13
25.00
31
2
2020/21
315
13
24.23
32
2
2021/22
295
12
24.58
32
2
2022/23
273
12
22.75
29
0
2023/24
243
11
22.09
29
0
2024/25
220
10
22.00
29
0
2025/26
217
9
24.11
30
1
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 302 in 1982/83 → 354, +52 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2023/24: 277 in 2022/23 → 249, -28 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 5th Class in 2021/22 (30 → 46, +16).
Largest single-class decrease: 6th Class in 2021/22 (48 → 30, -18).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2023/24 (34 → 37, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2022/23 (37 → 27, -10).
Overall: 327 (1975/76) → 223 (2025/26), -104.
Summary statistics (class-level data)
Min / max / mean enrolment per class across the available final by-standard years.
Class
Min
Max
Mean
Years
Junior Infants
25
37
30.8
6
Senior Infants
26
37
31.7
6
1st Class
29
38
33.0
6
2nd Class
29
37
33.5
6
3rd Class
25
43
31.7
6
4th Class
22
46
33.2
6
5th Class
25
46
32.7
6
6th Class
24
48
35.2
6
Total
223
375
318.5
41
Total enrolment over time
Total and gender trends use historical records where available. Class-level data starts in 2020/21.
Enrolment by gender over time
Enrolment by class over time
Cohort progression
Track how each cohort (pupils who were in the same class in the same year) progresses through the school. Each step shows the count; the number between steps is the net change (pupils gained minus pupils lost).